THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 27. 1903.
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Along: the King's Highway Nothing: Goes But a Good Time for All
H
OLY MOSES Ride Holy MoBes."
The cry of the camel driver will soon
be heard on the carnival grounds of
Omaha, for Omaha is not only to have
camel for the subjects of King Ak-Sar-Ben
to ride, but there will also be donkeys and ele
phants. AH Omaha of 1898 learned how to ride the camels
at the magnificent exposition held that year at the
Gate City, and once a person learns how to ride a
camel it Is never forgotten. There Is something fas
cinating in riding the ship of the desert, so that the
sensation remains in the memory of the rider forever.
The elephant is a close second for a plcasureable rldr.
The sensation is much similar to riding in a small boat
when the waves are rolling high. The fun is not all
In the ride. The greatest fun is not in riding the
beasts, but in getting on and off. Then Is when the
real sport comes in. You must learn how to "lean-way-back."
If you don't lean way back you are apt
to furnish plenty of amusement for the crowd by roll
ing off on your nose. There are always plenty of peo
ple around the desert ships to have a laugh at your
expense in case you do not make a graceful mount.
The King's Highway this year eclipses anything
ever seen In Omaha, that is to say, anything since the
huge permanent show of the exposition. Twenty-four
attractions will be within the large enclosure, without
counting the Sullivan and Kilrain attraction, which
will be put in the Alrdome. Instead of having one
large midway company, with its dosen of shows, Man
ager Breed of the concession department has booked
twenty-four separate and distinct shows, each supposed
to be the best in its line in' the country. Here is a
list of the attractions:
air, and then driven to all parts of the country at will.
Another free attraction striving for steller honors
is the diving horse and lady exhibition under the direc
tion of California Frank. Omaha has had diving elk
and diving horses, but never before has the public
been given a chance to see a- beautiful young woman
ride a fiery steed from a great height into the water
below. The tank for this attraction is the old cellar
on the Rose water lot, which is situated high in the
air where all may see the whole show. It makes one's
blood tingle to see the horse and woman go saillrig
through the air with thousands wondering whether the"
women will be crushed by the fall.
It is an expression oft heard among showmen that
the Omaha public has been "ginned," which means
that Omaha has seen the best of all that goesT and that
nothing but the best will satisfy the Omaha public.
That does not mean that all Omaha will not turn out
to see something new and novel and interesting, for
Omaha will and does. There is no better show town
in this broad land than Omaha and many a show of
merit has left Omaha with its coffers filled for having
produced something that the Omaha public likes. And
then, there Is the hamburger man, who supplies the
wants of the Inner man in a way; and ice cream cones
and cider. For years the cider press has stood in the
same place and dished up the sparkling juice made
from Nebraska apples. Apples are abundant this
year and the glasses are correspondingly large. You
;can take your girl In the merry-go-round or on the
ocean wave, or on the Ferris wheel, and through the
dark paths of the Red Mill.
The King's Highway has a serious side, for the
Douglas County Agricultural society has big exhibits
which are well worth the time for a visit. There is
no extra price. Corn, grown especially for the Na
tional Corn exposition, is shown in abundance and all
the products of the farm are' shown in competition for
good and valuable prizes. The agricultural exhibit
has been changed since last year and is now on Doug
las street between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets,
in more commodious booths than were used in previ
ous years.
For real fun and amusement the visitors will go
to the King's Highway, where people from all nations
will reproduce their national pastimes in their native
-costumes.-Nelmy's "Beautiful Orient" will be a careful
reproduction of life In the Orient, particularly in and
about the palace of the sultan. ' To lend more realism
to the attraction a herd of camels is used in the pro
duction. Turkish sword fighters, Egyptian musicians,
Arab acrobats and magicians, gun spinners and whirl
ing dervishers will be shown in their various exhibi
tions, while the oriental dances peculiar to the far
east will be portrayed by Turkish, Egyptian, Arabian,
Algerian, Russian and Mohammedan maidens.
Colonel Hall's animal circus includes rare speci
mens of the brute creation from the jungle and lair.
Among the colonel's collection will be shown an Im
posing group of genuine forest-bred African lions,
trained to perform In a mammoth Steel-bound arena.
The trained wild animal circus carries many novel and
interesting features which are attractive to both young
and old. One of the features of the show Is the rid
ing leopard, which Is trained to ride horesback around
'the steel cage. The trained cats and mice and the
$10,000 white rat which swallowed a handful of
precious stones on the occasion of his visit in company
with Colonel Hall to a prominent lapidary in London.
aTaUay "BeautlftU
Orient,"
Vurkish TkMtir
VUa XrtTlnf Horaee
Air Ship riifMs
CUSII feldea
Xlectrlo TkMUt
Marry Widow's rials
Animal Olroaa
Old Plantation
In Haane, tne wonder
ftaake Farm
(Ma a Palace
SnoJtlnr Donkeys
Tht Bd Mill
Australian Wild Olrl
Trained Tlea Circus
The "Kanny-ro-Kound"
Circling- Witi
Ferris Wheal
Paa.ee Pavilion
Penny Yaadertlle
California Frank
Piinoesa Winona
Sullivan and Kilrain
"All previous attempts knocked hollow," was the
way Doc Breed, amusement director of the 'King's
Highway, expressed It when asked If he was satisfied
with his efforts In bringing big attractions to Omaha.
"I do not hesitate to say that Omaha will Bit up and
take notice before this show is over. This carnival
is strong enough to draw thousands from Nebraska
and burrounding states to Omaha and Ak-Sar-Ben
XIV may well be proud of the tented shows he has
offered for the patronage of the public. Shows from
everywhere, representing almost every land and lan
guage, are In Omaha, and the board of ojoverpors has
.spent more money In shows and free attractions this
year than ever before. Several of the attractions are
the largest which are on the road today."
All the attractions of the King's Highway do not
cause the visitor to loosen his purseatrings, for more
free attractions are furnished than were ever before
put on a carnival ground In the west. Several of these
attractions vie with each other as to which is the top
Itner. The board of governors has a show of Its own
which will attract considerable notice. That is the
balloon race which will take place each afternoon.
Two huge balloons are owned by Samson, and he will
have these race with each other as far as they can go.
Bayadorfer makes dally flights from the carnival
grounds la his new and Improved airship. This Is
not of the areoplane variety, but Is handled by means
of iu, which raises the ship from the (round into the
Proclamation by the Good King Ak-Sar-Ben XIV
ND in the olden days when the great king eamc
with his followers looking for a new realm,
many there were among them whose gaze was
always downward, watching for the glint of
gold in this land of wonderous promise. Suddenly spake
the king, "Lift your eyes, oh ye sordid ones. Look ye for
gold? Not the alchemist in his crucible nor ye with' your
miser gaze in the dust, would find it brighter than here
before ye." And looking as he bade, they saw spread out N
before them a beautiful and rolling plain, .covered with
countless yellow blossoms until it became even as a cloth
of gold, and bathed moreover in the light from a glorous
sunset unto which their faces were set and into whose
molten depths seemed to f jow the waves of this vast
prairie sea. And they cried out even as one man: '.Why
should we journey further? This is indeed the land of
gold. Let us set up here our homes and raise our city and
found our kingdom."
And so in this land of the Golden "West, beckoned
hither by the finger of fate, as it were the rod of a diviner,
did they build up the Kingdom of Quivera.
So it stands even to this day, grown more mighty,
grown more beautiful, grown more golden. For now each
year its broad fields are flooded with an ocean of waving
grain, turning yellow to the harvest its rich, corn lands
are weighted with their golden tasseled stalks. So much
so that as there- comes around the season for the garnering
of these bounteous gifts, he who sits on the throne of Qui-
vera and reigns in the great king's plaoe, under the name
and title of Ak-Sar-15en, is moved to make a festival for
his people.
From the Chronicles of Quivera
Therefore in this year of grace, Ak-Sar-Ben XIV
than whom none has been gvcatef does decree zvA pro
claim his Harvest Feast, arid to do meet honour to all the
glorious regions in this sunset land of ours, does further
proclaim that to all his people it bhall be known as the
"FESTIVAL OF THE GOLDEN WEST."
liy Command of the King,
SAM SOX,
Lord High Chamberlain.
Strange to say, the diamonds were never recovered
and the colonel was bound to make good the loss,
hence he values the white rat so highly.
The Old Plantation depicts the life in the sunny
south before the war and possesses many new novel
ties In the way of negro comedy and melody. Old
Plantation draws wherever it goes, for there is some
thing about the way the colored lads and lassies Blng
those old southern melodies which Is sure to make a
man stop and listen.
"No Name, the Wonder," Is a freak of nature and
has created no little sensation during his time on ex
hibition. Without being repulsive or disgusting, as
many freaks go, No Name is such a peculiar specimen
of mankind that visitors often remain on his platform
for hours at a time attempting to solve the mystery
of his birth and condition.
The "Snake Farm" Includes some of'the largest
members of the reptile kingdom In captivity, as well
as many rare and exclusive speclments seldom seen on
public exhibition. A breeder of snakes shows how
they are actually raised and cared for at each per
formance. Howell's glass palace shows a troupe of expert
Venetian glass blowers and workers, blowing, spin
ning and weaving glass Into useful and ornamental
objects of Interest Beautiful souvenirs of their
handiwork are given each visitor during the carnival.
California Frank has added to his congress of nov
elties a otring of genuine Rocky mountain bucking
donkeys. A cash prize is offered any visitor who la
able to remain seated on the back of one of these far
west "canaries" for a period of five minutes.
The Bed Mill baa been the feature attraction at
many of the larger parks and watering, places of
America during the last twelve months and comes to
Omaha complete in every detail, with its large force
of mechanics, electricians and performers.
Real vet i. ins of the Spanish-American war ex
hibit a collection of Spanish-American war relics on
the King's Highway. The collection is given tte
prominent place it deserves on the ground and attract
considerable attention from those not fortunate enough
to have been able to have gone to the front for their
country In the time of need, and also from those who
have smelled the smoke of battle.
AuHtraHan Dan claims he has a real wild girl, and
if there are any who doubt the truth of his assertion
all they have to do la to see for themselves.
The much-talked-about and long-looked-for flea
circus Is at the carnival grounds in all its glory. Al
though It seems incredible that anyone would have the
patience to train a flea, . that has been done, and
twenty-four trained fleas daily go through their evolu
tions as often as called upon. These tiny Insects have
been taught to go through military maneuvers, acro
batic stunts and other seemingly impossible undertak
ings. When Colonel Hall arrived In Omaha last Satur
day and saw the plans for the fall festival he at once
made arrangements with the board of governors for
the privilege of putting on a country circus. While
this circus is no big three-ring affair, it is a real cir
cus, with some of the best bareback riders In the busi
ness. Doc Breed considers he made a hit when he
secured this added attraction.
Exhibitions are given dally ' In the Alrdome
theater by John Lawrence Sullivan, once champion of
the world, and Jake Kilrain, who contested with John
L. for the mastery and lost. The Alrdome baa aeats
for 1,000 people, and as Sullivan has always been a
strong card, the management anticipate the capacity
will be taxed later in the carnival.